Synopsis: Blood Lines

A young girl learns the importance of her blood-line after her older sister gets murdered during the Black Death.

Elinor, 15, is caretaker to her older sister, Emma’s, children in 1665 London, England. As the Black Death claims lives around them, something else takes Emma’s life and her violent husband, John, is blamed. He swears his innocence and after meeting some strange, wealthy travellers, Elinor starts to believe John. When Elinor defends him, the community turns on her – aided by newcomers inciting riots to “purge the town of sinfulness” – accusing her of witchcraft and adultery, even possibly being the true murderer of her sister. The wealthy strangers appear again – although they are not very helpful to Elinor’s situation, but give her equally strange and unbelievable insight into her blood-line and why it is absolutely necessary for her to survive.